Does the occupational contact dermatitis disease severity index correlate with quality of life in patients with occupational contact dermatitis of the hands?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-252

  Curr, Nathan ^a   Matheson, Melanie Claire ^b   Dharmage, Shyamali ^b   Nixon, Rosemary ^a  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Dermatology Life Quality Index; Disability; Hand eczema; Irritation; Patch testing; Severity scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OCCUPATIONAL CONTACT DERMATITIS DISEASE SEVERITY INDEX; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950483516     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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